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This paper aims to investigate the entrepreneurial migrants' preferences for a location for business activities in developing countries. In the modelling framework six socio-economic and six socio-cultural variables are used in this study to investigate the migrants' propensity to stay at a particular region. The empirical research was carried out in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It appears that the presence of a supporting informal network is the most critical factor that attracts and keeps the entrepreneurial migrants in a particular region. Socio-cultural variables like experience and education play a less significant role in the migrants' decision to stay in a given region.
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Ndoen, M., Gorter, K., Nijkamp, P. et al. Entrepreneurial migration and regional opportunities in developing countries. Ann Reg Sci 36, 421–436 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001680200103
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001680200103